Counting on the Europa League as an option to alleviate their gigantic crisis of results, Manchester United makes this Thursday, February 20, its debut in the round of 32 of the competition against Club Brugge, of Belgium.
The meeting will be held at the Jan Breydel stadium in Bruges.
The forecast is for the ball to start rolling at 2:55 pm (Brasília time).
The comeback match at Old Trafford was scheduled for February 27.
The Europa League now counts, in addition to the 24 clubs that advanced through its first phase, in groups, with the eight ‘relegated’ of the Champions League.
It was those who were in the third position of their keys in the continental ‘first division’.
They will duel in the round trip system advancing the one who has the highest number of points.
In case of equality, the goal difference is the first tiebreaker criterion. Not being enough, the goals marked as a visitor serve for definition.
If still not enough, at the end of the second match there will be an extra 30 minutes, where the goal away from home follows as a tiebreaker criterion.
The final tiebreaker is the penalty shootout.
Brugge
◾️Brugge is a newcomer to the 2019/2020 version of the Europa League. The team started the international season in the Champions League, but was unable to continue in the tournament.
◾️Inserted in a key that had Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid had to settle for third place by adding just three points (three draws and three defeats) leaving Galatasaray, from Turkey, who won two.
◾️Will enter the field defending an unbeaten streak that reached 12 matches with the victory of Saturday, February 15, by 2-1, at home, against Waasland-Beveren, for the 2019/2020 season of the Belgian Championship.
◾️Their last defeat happened on December 11th just in the final round of the Champions League qualifying round. As principal, he was beaten by Real Madrid (2-1).
◾️Since then, he has won seven wins and five draws.
◾️With 61 points (18 wins, seven draws and one defeat) he leads the Liga Jupiler, the Belgian Premier League, with ease. He has nine points ahead in comparison with Gent, in second place, and secured in advance his classification for the decisive hexagonal.
Manchester United
◾️Manchester United achieved an important result for the self-esteem of their criticized squad on Monday, February 17.
◾️In a clash for the twenty-sixth round of the Premier League, Chelsea beat London 2-0.
◾️With that, he moved up to seventh position in the league table of the English Championship.
◾️He has 38 points (ten wins, eight draws and eight losses).
◾️It is even outside the region that grants places to compete in international tournaments.
◾️The title fight is out of the question. Very little for a team with its investment standard.
◾️Thus, the cups are the only possibility to avoid a total failure. The reds are in the fray at the FA Cup and led the Europa League in a protocol manner in their group stage.
◾️Norwegian coach Ole Gunnar Solksjaer has always placed reservations in matches.
◾️It was enough to leave the team at the tip of the L key with 13 points (four wins, one draw and one loss).
◾️This policy should change from now on, with the use of the main team in search of maintaining the chances of raising the cup.
Football Prediction of the Day Brugge vs Manchester United
Brugge did show some quality in their Champions League games, but they also showed defects in quantity in the defensive system.
Thus, the prognosis for Manchester United’s success is the appropriate option for this Thursday’s match for the first round of the round of 32 of the 2019/2020 version of the Europa League.
Bet Tips: Manchester United
Odds:2.50
